Leonardo DiCaprio's Gift to Ivanka Trump Will Definitely Save the World

Leonardo DiCaprio is trying to save the world from climate change. His latest passion project was a climate change documentary called Before the Flood. His latest world-saving effort was gifting that documentary to Ivanka Trump, first daughter to be, according to The New York Times. Surely, this gesture—and the private meeting between DiCaprio and Ivanka it accompanied—will convince the Trump administration that climate change is more than a hoax. Right?

Of the Trump clan, Ivanka is arguably the most susceptible to left-leaning ideology. As Donald Trump's unofficial ambassador to reason, it's her job to be. Her father campaigned on an anti-climate change, anti-women's rights platform, and based on his administration picks and the wandering tweet, he is still anti-climate change and anti-women's rights. But Trump can easily wiggle his way around his campaign's uglier side through Ivanka, who is as far removed from the deplorable faction as she can be.

Politico reports that Ivanka will include climate change as one of her "signature" issues, and according to the Trump team, she's talking to Al Gore today. She's also got women covered, however false her Women Who Work platform can ring. (The Times reported that Ivanka's advocacy work is often linked with a way for her company to profit.)

On the surface, it looks good for at least one White House regular—Ivanka and Jared Kushner are reportedly buying a home in Washington, D.C.—to care about those appealing, leftist issues, as long as they care very publicly. It's like Melania championing anti-bullying. It's ridiculous. It's a distraction. But it's also just the tiniest bit reassuring, which might be just enough to take the heat off Trump.

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